lundi le 25 novembre, 2013
This week our colour is grey (gris), and our letter is D and d. We have officially started our science experiments. Today, we did an experiment about magnetism. We learned that objects with copper (for example, pennies) are not magnetic, however objects with iron (such as paper and hair clips) are! In math we are going to start counting up to 30 from now until the holidays. We will work on identifying the numbers in order and isolation. We are also learning to identify their portions from 1-10 ( e.g. what do 5 buttons look like?).
As usual, students go to music 3 times a week. One of the many songs they are learning is "Bonjour l'Hiver" by Charlotte Diamond. They will be performing this song at our annual Primary Winter Concert. It will be taking place on December 18th from 1-2 pm in our Richmond location gym. You are all welcome to attend!
On Thursday we have our neighborhood walk, and Friday first term Report Cards go home. If your child has a second home and needs another copy, please send me an email and I can send an extra one home.
Happy Hunukkah! Mme Elise
Monday 25 November 2013
Monday 18 November 2013
Week of Nov 18th - 21st
lundi le 18 novembre, 2013
Bonjour!
Today we had a presentation by Sharlene from the Victoria Public Library. She shared some samples of all the different sorts of things we can borrow, such as books, movies, games and more! Tomorrow we will have a special visit from Pamela Bourque, our Indigenous support staff and counselor. She will be doing some drumming and a beading activity with us in the afternoon. Please note that Friday is a PRO-D day and there will be no school for students.
We are busy learning new things in all subject areas. In Language Arts (French) we are sounding out, writing and learning to identify the letter C and c this week. We are doing having fun learning both the "k" and "s" sounds of this letter with the Alphabet Rap song, and our opera voices. Our colour this week is rose (pink). We use magnetic letters to spell the words, do colour collages and look for it in our environment to help us remember what is looks and sounds like. In Science today we did our first experiment (sink vs float). We learned to gather our materials, make predictions, follow the steps, observe our findings, and discuss our results. Our yellow Science duotang is now travelling from home to home so that students can try one at home and share their experiment at school. Please return the duotang and material back to school as soon as you finish the experiment and I can make sure your materials are returned in your child's backpack. In Math, we are continuing to count up to 10 and 20, as well as find ABAB patterns in our environment and relate numbers 1-10 with their respective quantities.
Daily, students are practicing their routines, exploring their environment through free play and expressing their creative sides through dance, art and song.
Enjoy your week, sunshine is on its way!
Mme Elise
Bonjour!
Today we had a presentation by Sharlene from the Victoria Public Library. She shared some samples of all the different sorts of things we can borrow, such as books, movies, games and more! Tomorrow we will have a special visit from Pamela Bourque, our Indigenous support staff and counselor. She will be doing some drumming and a beading activity with us in the afternoon. Please note that Friday is a PRO-D day and there will be no school for students.
We are busy learning new things in all subject areas. In Language Arts (French) we are sounding out, writing and learning to identify the letter C and c this week. We are doing having fun learning both the "k" and "s" sounds of this letter with the Alphabet Rap song, and our opera voices. Our colour this week is rose (pink). We use magnetic letters to spell the words, do colour collages and look for it in our environment to help us remember what is looks and sounds like. In Science today we did our first experiment (sink vs float). We learned to gather our materials, make predictions, follow the steps, observe our findings, and discuss our results. Our yellow Science duotang is now travelling from home to home so that students can try one at home and share their experiment at school. Please return the duotang and material back to school as soon as you finish the experiment and I can make sure your materials are returned in your child's backpack. In Math, we are continuing to count up to 10 and 20, as well as find ABAB patterns in our environment and relate numbers 1-10 with their respective quantities.
Daily, students are practicing their routines, exploring their environment through free play and expressing their creative sides through dance, art and song.
Enjoy your week, sunshine is on its way!
Mme Elise
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Week of Nov 12th - 14th
mardi le 12 novembre, 2013
Dear families,
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend! Please check your child's purple duotang daily for an important lice alert! We have had one case of head lice in the class. To make sure we don't spread it outside of our classroom, please check your child's head daily for the next three weeks.
Today we started off with an Owl presentation from CRD Parks. Students have learned about what Owls look like, sound like and much more! We will also have a special hip hop dance class this Friday in the gym thanks to Vibestreet Dance.
Our colour this week is violet, and we are learning all about the letter B and b. Please help your child practice writing their name with the first letter as a capital letter and all remaining letters as lower case letters. We are continuing to practice writing our first and last names and our numbers. We are now going though the entire alphabet in French using our 'Alphabet Rap' song so that we can easily connect our letters to their sounds. To complement this at home, you can do the letter sounds in English. For example, A sounds like ahhh, B sounds like baah, while pointing to the letter in words of a book.
Have a wonderful week everyone! Elise
Dear families,
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend! Please check your child's purple duotang daily for an important lice alert! We have had one case of head lice in the class. To make sure we don't spread it outside of our classroom, please check your child's head daily for the next three weeks.
Today we started off with an Owl presentation from CRD Parks. Students have learned about what Owls look like, sound like and much more! We will also have a special hip hop dance class this Friday in the gym thanks to Vibestreet Dance.
Our colour this week is violet, and we are learning all about the letter B and b. Please help your child practice writing their name with the first letter as a capital letter and all remaining letters as lower case letters. We are continuing to practice writing our first and last names and our numbers. We are now going though the entire alphabet in French using our 'Alphabet Rap' song so that we can easily connect our letters to their sounds. To complement this at home, you can do the letter sounds in English. For example, A sounds like ahhh, B sounds like baah, while pointing to the letter in words of a book.
Have a wonderful week everyone! Elise
Monday 4 November 2013
Nov 4th- Nov 8th
lundi le 4 novembre, 2013
Dear families,
Our colour this week is blue (bleu) and we are continuing to practice finding and writing the letter A and a. We are also practicing to write and identify quantities from 0-10. In sciences, we are vising the Royal BC museum on Wednesday to explore the natural and human history of our province. We are also starting to do weekly science experiments. Sometimes, I may send a yellow science duotang home. If your child comes home with this duotang, help them choose one experiment and try it at home. Please return it to school within the same week and your child can present their findings. These are often very simple experiments. For example, there is an evaporation experiment where you leave a jar of water with tape at the water level and leave it on the window sill for 3-4 days. Predict and observe like real scientists! What will happen? Will the water level rise or fall? Why?
Tuesday is photo Re-take Day. This is for students who were absent or need a better photo taken. On Wednesday we are going to the museum all-day. We are leaving right after the morning bell, as soon as all the buses arrive. If your child arrives late, they can spend the day in another Kindergarten class. I have ordered bagged lunches for hot lunch students. I hope the lunches will be available first thing in the morning, but it would be a good idea for hot lunch students to bring lots of snacks because we are getting lots of exercise on our field trip!
On Friday there is a special school-wide ceremonial Remembrance Day assembly. It is in the gym from 10:40am-11:30am. Everyone is welcome and students who are in cubs, brownies, guides and scouts are all invited to wear their uniforms to school.
One last thing. Due to problems that have arisen, we have a new school-wide policy of no toys at Quadra school (this includes stuffies). The only exception is for Show and Tell. In this case, toys are to be kept in the backpack all day except during Show and Tell. Please remind students this new rule before leaving for school. Division 16 has a variety of toys in the classroom and students are allowed to bring a small blanket or towel for comfort during quiet time. For their convenience, students can leave these blankets at school until the end of the year.
A la prochaine! Elise
William Shakespeare
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
Dear families,
Our colour this week is blue (bleu) and we are continuing to practice finding and writing the letter A and a. We are also practicing to write and identify quantities from 0-10. In sciences, we are vising the Royal BC museum on Wednesday to explore the natural and human history of our province. We are also starting to do weekly science experiments. Sometimes, I may send a yellow science duotang home. If your child comes home with this duotang, help them choose one experiment and try it at home. Please return it to school within the same week and your child can present their findings. These are often very simple experiments. For example, there is an evaporation experiment where you leave a jar of water with tape at the water level and leave it on the window sill for 3-4 days. Predict and observe like real scientists! What will happen? Will the water level rise or fall? Why?
Tuesday is photo Re-take Day. This is for students who were absent or need a better photo taken. On Wednesday we are going to the museum all-day. We are leaving right after the morning bell, as soon as all the buses arrive. If your child arrives late, they can spend the day in another Kindergarten class. I have ordered bagged lunches for hot lunch students. I hope the lunches will be available first thing in the morning, but it would be a good idea for hot lunch students to bring lots of snacks because we are getting lots of exercise on our field trip!
On Friday there is a special school-wide ceremonial Remembrance Day assembly. It is in the gym from 10:40am-11:30am. Everyone is welcome and students who are in cubs, brownies, guides and scouts are all invited to wear their uniforms to school.
One last thing. Due to problems that have arisen, we have a new school-wide policy of no toys at Quadra school (this includes stuffies). The only exception is for Show and Tell. In this case, toys are to be kept in the backpack all day except during Show and Tell. Please remind students this new rule before leaving for school. Division 16 has a variety of toys in the classroom and students are allowed to bring a small blanket or towel for comfort during quiet time. For their convenience, students can leave these blankets at school until the end of the year.
A la prochaine! Elise
William Shakespeare
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
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